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I was trying to change the format of my terminal from

john@example.com /home/directory
$

to this:

/home/directory>

Anyone knows how to do it?

I am using unix, xterm.

Answer 1

You can do it with the following:

export PS1="$PWD> " #this will always show the dir you were when performing the command
export PS1='$PWD> ' #this is the correct

Note that this will work for your current session. To make it persistent, add the line to your ~/.bashrc file.

For comprehensive information about this topic, you can check How to: Change / Setup bash custom prompt (PS1).